Topic
Far House
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- 2 Samuel 15:17ISBE
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
The marginal explanation in the Revised Version (British and American) of Beth-merhak (beth ha-merchaq, "house of distance"), which is given in the text of 2Sa 15:17 instead of "a place that was far off."
See BETH-MERHAK.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.